"You people who have survived childhood don't remeber any longer what it was like. You think children are whole, uncomplicated creatures, and if you sp...

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Only where there is life can there be home.
More Joyce Carol Oates quotes
"I'm drawn to failure. I feel like I'm contending with it constantly in my own life.
"Primarily, 'Black Girl/White Girl' is the story of two very different, yet somehow 'fated' girls; for Genna, her 'friendship' with Minette is the most...
"This was before voice mail, recorded phone messages you can't escape. Life was easier then. You just didn't pick up the phone.
"The challenge is to resist circumstances. Any idiot can be happy in a happy place, but moral courage is required to be happy in a hellhole.